Policy
Prevent Desktop Shortcut Creation
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to prevent a shortcut icon for the Player from being added to the user's desktop. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot add the Player shortcut icon to their desktops. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can choose whether to add the Player shortcut icon to their desktops.
Internal name
PreventWMPDeskTopShortcut
Policy ID
b1b811cefb8b
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\DesktopShortcut | REG_SZ | no | yes |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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